After we had survived Karijini with 0 casualties, we packed out stuff, cleaned up the camp and went to Exmouth. Some of us spent a couple of bucks to go snorkelling with whale sharks while the others went out to Turquoise Bay to do some snorkelling at the Ningaloo Reef which was a lot of fun even though my googles were leaking a little and sometimes made me feel like I was drowning in 1,50 m deep water😛 We also went to see Yardie Creek which – thanks to recent heavy rain – actually contained water. We could tell how heavy exactly the rain had been by the rocks that had been left by the side of the road where the water had been. The visitor centre also made perfectly how devastating exactly the flood had been: It had been flooded and partly destroyed. One the plus side: the landscape was really green.

We also had a nice beach day at Coral Bay which I spent with “Team Schmetterling”, my fellow Germans. We started calling ourselves “Team Schmetterling” after we realized how fascinated some people were with the sound of our language and made fun of such words as “Schmetterling” (butterfly) oder “Krankenwagen” (ambulance) (also see:

It feels essential to me to point out that our crew was, obviously, one of the most mature and sophisticated crews to ever go on this trip. Pretty much any remark anyone made that included a reference to girth, size or length or anything similar would inevitably lead to someone saying “That’s what she said”, turning a completely harmless statement into sexual innuendo and making everyone within earshot giggle like school girls (and boys). As a result everyone had to choose their words very carefully but even if they did, someone always found a way to continue our innuendo fest in some way. Only Vi and Eric refrained from joining in and remained an example in sophistication and maturity – at first. But after a few days, even they succumbed to the charm of “TWSS”. Happy days, indeed!😀